SERVICE ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Dallas County v. Autry (2008)
Most recently applied in City of Houston v. Bryant (January 2017)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) In a suit against a county, citation must be served on the county judge.
(b) In a suit against an incorporated city, town, or village, citation may be served on the mayor, clerk, secretary, or treasurer.
(c) In a suit against a school district, citation may be served on the president of the school board or on the superintendent.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.